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My vision for citizen news networking
I have just returned from an Anglia TV reception in Cambridge with the local great and the good where the company said they would loan out video cameras if anyone wanted to record an event, encouraging them to be citizen journalists. I...
The Ealing Southall defeat
I had been hoping Conservatives would come at least second in the Ealing Southall by-election, but coming third was a bitter blow and a huge embarrassment. Tony Lit, despite his dashing Bollywood looks and huge popularity was obviously a flawed choice after it became...
Great quote from Othello
"Men are nothing but stomachs and we their food. They eat us until they are full and then they belch us." I would like to think that times have changed since the great Bard wrote those words in Othello, but what a wonderfully, descriptive way of putting it. And what...
The missing – Jovanna Stacey Crawford
Jovanna Stacey Crawford went missing on June 5, 1981 when she was just two years old. Sometimes, differing information is given about the circumstances of a person's disappearance, which is the case here. Some reports state that the last time Jovanna...
A day with Othello
One of my favourite annual excursions is with my Shakespeare buddy son David when we visit The Globe Theatre and today we are going there to see Othello. I love the wit of Shakespeare and his clever play on words and have yet to see an RSC production I...
The missing – Debbie Steel
In memory of those who are still missing.This is a local case for me, I remember reading about the mysterious disappearance of Debbie Steel, who ran a pub in Ely, Cambridgeshire with her former partner Brian McDermott. She vanished in December 1997 aged 37. I...
What will your kids be doing this summer?
I have always loved the long summer holidays with my boys, I never wanted them to be over quickly. But I wonder how our "cotton-wool" kids are going to cope over the next few weeks, my heart goes out to them. It's hard to believe that one-third of children...
What do women voters want ?
With all political parties trying to win over women's votes, their advisers may want to dip into a new book called If They Only Listened To Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians To Hear. Soon after the 2004 presidential election, former New York Times journalist...
The missing – Gareth Koch
It's been three years and four months since Gareth Koch vanished while trekking in Nepal with a friend in March 2004 aged 24. The two went their separate ways and alarm bells rang after Gareth failed to return home as expected. His parents...